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An Instant Hot-Bod Dressing Secret To Steal From Blake Lively

If you looked at this photo of Blake Lively and thought, "daaaaaaamn!", you're not alone. If you also thought, "I could never look like that in a million years," you're in for a fabulous treat, because we've uncovered her secret for creating an instant hourglass silhouette...

Okay, can we just take a moment to collectively appreciate her sheer hotness? The Veronica Lake waves, the bright red lips and nails, the gorgeous glow...and then, of course, there's that dress. It's from Zuhair Murad spring 2012 couture, and it absolutely floored us with its fabulousness. It helps that she's got the bod to fill it out, of course, but this dress also happens to come with its own secret weapon for maximizing every womanly curve.

A set of contoured lines can become your new BFF when you're trying to draw attention to all of the right places (and away from the not-so-right ones). Notice how all of those sequined stripes point inward towards her midsection, and the horizontal ones across her waist are the shortest? That gives the illusion of a teenier middle, while the lines that widen around her hips and get smaller around the thighs create an instant mermaid shape. It's a lot like those black panels on that Stella McCartney dress so many celebs love for the same reason, or the "illusion swimsuit" I showed on Good Morning America last week--let the contours fake the body for you! Pretty genius, right?

We can't guarantee her perfect hair or mega-watt smile, but if you're after her curves, we promise these dresses will help get you there: